In the last section if the function determines that the config is invalid when QEMU doesn't support the memory device the JSON config object would be returned even if it doesn't make sense. Assign the object to be returned only on success. --- src/qemu/qemu_command.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c index 63d43d4..04e7bcc 100644 --- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c @@ -4750,9 +4750,6 @@ qemuBuildMemoryBackendStr(unsigned long long size, goto cleanup; } - *backendProps = props; - props = NULL; - if (!hugepage) { bool nodeSpecified = virDomainNumatuneNodeSpecified(def->numa, guestNode); @@ -4767,11 +4764,15 @@ qemuBuildMemoryBackendStr(unsigned long long size, /* report back that using the new backend is not necessary to achieve * the desired configuration */ if (!userNodeset && !nodeSpecified) { + *backendProps = props; + props = NULL; ret = 1; goto cleanup; } } + *backendProps = props; + props = NULL; ret = 0; cleanup: -- 2.2.2